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Re: RES: [xmca] Interface as tool and sign



ha, ha. Sorry Joao, this is just an aricle off my web page. It is excerpted from my book where you will find the bibliography referred to in the text. But for that you have to buy the book. I can tell you what any of the citations are if you can't guess.

Andy

Joao wrote:
Andy, this text dont have bibliography???

Joao
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De: xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu [mailto:xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu] Em nome
de Andy Blunden
Enviada em: sexta-feira, 30 de abril de 2010 21:48
Para: eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity
Assunto: Re: [xmca] Interface as tool and sign

Although Vygotsky definitely did talk about "tool and sign" as though there was a dichtomy here, this was in the days before personal computers and so on. I see these as archetypes, not categories as such. Consider the following series of cultural means of opening a door: crow-bar, handle, key, swipe card, PIN code, password, smile to the doorkeeper.

See http://home.mira.net/~andy/works/vygotskys-critique.htm

Andy

Jon Olav H. Eikenes wrote:
Dear XMCA

I am currently doing research on (human-computer) interfaces and try
to analyze them as mediating artifacts. By drawing on social semiotics
I see the interface as a 'sign' - a multimodal text that employs
semiotic resources for making meaning. However, I also see the
interface as a tool or instrument for people in carrying out actions
(such as producing music or writing documents) - by drawing on
Vygotsky and Leont'ev. Jay Lemke mentioned to me that there already
have been discussions in XMCA about the differences and similarities
of tools and signs. I have consulted the archives and found many
interesting references. However, I wonder if anyone know any
literature that addresses how something may function both as sign and
as tool at the same time.

Jon Olav
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Jon Olav Eikenes
PhD student
www.navimationresearch.net
Oslo School of Architecture and Design
www.aho.no
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